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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Malta	Congo - Kinshasa	Slovenia
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	51,181	1,998
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	52,782	2,004
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	54,453	2,006
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	56,170	2,009
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	57,860	2,010
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	59,599	2,011
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	61,474	2,015
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	63,479	2,022
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	65,590	2,033
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	67,800	2,036
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	70,114	2,056
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	72,550	2,063
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	75,138	2,067
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	77,792	2,071
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	80,534	2,074
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	83,368	2,076
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	86,229	2,078
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	89,193	2,079
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	92,209	2,081
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	95,232	2,087
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	98,320	2,104
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	101,499	2,118
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	104,767	2,123
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	108,171	2,124

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Slovenia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Barbados, Malta, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.